Dehradun, July 12 -- Book Review

Niyogi Books has done a commendable job of publishing a fine, illustrated book, replete with QR codes featuring videos of Wancho songs to give the reader an actual feel of being in one of the remote Wancho villages. These include Kamhua Noknu, Nysia, Longchan, Nyinu, Jagan and Kaimoi, with the story tellers Jatwang Wangsa, Wangjay Losu, Ganchai Wangsa, Paman Pansa, Hokai Wangsa, Ngamchai Wangsa, Wangchan Losu Phawang Wangham, Tangkaam Phe- am, Chailai Pansa, Panmai Pansa, Gampang Pansa, Tochai Wangham and Nyaiwang Wangsa. The book under review this week, Myth, Memory & Folktale of the Wancho Tribe of Arunachal Pradesh: The Stories of Our Ancestors, by Tara Douglas and Jatwang Wangsa is on the VoW Longlist...